63 Quotes by Sam Donaldson

News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind.

There was a little bit of ham in me. And there's a lot of people say there's a lot of ham in me.

Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.

But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.

I can't tell you what that little ingredient is which makes that first person want to go on and aggressively do more, and the other person be content to not do that. It's a mystery, but it does happen.

But a distinctive voice is important. I don't think I realized this as a young kid, but I do remember listening to those voices.

He can take a story, compress it into nine or 10 words, and have a greater clarity and punch then when I write two paragraphs.

My wife, Jan, and I are shocked by the apparent triple homicide that took place on our ranch in Hondo, New Mexico, sometime over the Fourth of July weekend while we were away in Santa Fe,

Whereas at ABC I was anchoring some of their programs, some of their specials, immediately, because there wasn't that much competition.